my thoughs on 70-315

Yesterday I passed 70-315 with a 800 score... I got a lot of usefull
information from this newsgroup so I figured it would be nice to do
something in return

First of all, I'm a Dutch guy so I got the advantage of 30 minutes
extra not-native-english-speaker-time (which I didn't use btw)

First a bit of background information:
- This was my first MCAD test
- I'm a modestly experienced developer, that is, about a year and a
half of hands on experience with .NET
- I took about 2 months to prepare. Lets say an average of 1 hour per
day
- I used the Kalani book as a preparation guide
- I took various (free) practice tests on the internet
- I didn't use braindumps

The first thing i noticed when i was taking the exam, is that none of
the practice tests I took accurately represents the style and
complexity of the questions you are presented with on the real exam. I
think you can't really 100% prepare yourself with all the slight
variations they can come up with.

I think the questions come in 3 groups

Simple and straightforward (20%). These questions do resemble the
simple questions in the practice exams.

Complex(60%). Lots of reading involved here. It's simple to rule out 1
or 2 off the anwsers. But then you have 2 or 3 possibilities left
which look very similar at first glance.

Off-topic(20%). A small group of questions seemed a little of topic. I
think these are meant to test your overall insight. You can't really
prepare for these.

On Jul 31, 11:03 pm, kneet <> wrote:
> I thought it would be worth mentioning because 8 out of 10 questions
> here are about where to find braindumps

Then that is a sad statement on the state of the IT industry, as well
as the moral standards of the current lot of IT professionals, who
have no qualms about devaluing everyone's certifications by cheating.
Personally, though, I think that number has reduced considerably.

This is precisely why CertGuard was born. To rid the IT world of this
evil !

May I ask you the format of the 70-315 test, all are multi-choice questions?
Are there any lab simulations? How many questions in how many minutes?

Thanks,

Wendy

"kneet" wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Yesterday I passed 70-315 with a 800 score... I got a lot of usefull
> information from this newsgroup so I figured it would be nice to do
> something in return
>
> First of all, I'm a Dutch guy so I got the advantage of 30 minutes
> extra not-native-english-speaker-time (which I didn't use btw)
>
> First a bit of background information:
> - This was my first MCAD test
> - I'm a modestly experienced developer, that is, about a year and a
> half of hands on experience with .NET
> - I took about 2 months to prepare. Lets say an average of 1 hour per
> day
> - I used the Kalani book as a preparation guide
> - I took various (free) practice tests on the internet
> - I didn't use braindumps
>
> The first thing i noticed when i was taking the exam, is that none of
> the practice tests I took accurately represents the style and
> complexity of the questions you are presented with on the real exam. I
> think you can't really 100% prepare yourself with all the slight
> variations they can come up with.
>
> I think the questions come in 3 groups
>
> Simple and straightforward (20%). These questions do resemble the
> simple questions in the practice exams.
>
> Complex(60%). Lots of reading involved here. It's simple to rule out 1
> or 2 off the anwsers. But then you have 2 or 3 possibilities left
> which look very similar at first glance.
>
> Off-topic(20%). A small group of questions seemed a little of topic. I
> think these are meant to test your overall insight. You can't really
> prepare for these.
>
> I hope this information was useful
>
> Regards,
> Rene
>
>

"kneet" wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Yesterday I passed 70-315 with a 800 score... I got a lot of usefull
> information from this newsgroup so I figured it would be nice to do
> something in return
>
> First of all, I'm a Dutch guy so I got the advantage of 30 minutes
> extra not-native-english-speaker-time (which I didn't use btw)
>
> First a bit of background information:
> - This was my first MCAD test
> - I'm a modestly experienced developer, that is, about a year and a
> half of hands on experience with .NET
> - I took about 2 months to prepare. Lets say an average of 1 hour per
> day
> - I used the Kalani book as a preparation guide
> - I took various (free) practice tests on the internet
> - I didn't use braindumps
>
> The first thing i noticed when i was taking the exam, is that none of
> the practice tests I took accurately represents the style and
> complexity of the questions you are presented with on the real exam. I
> think you can't really 100% prepare yourself with all the slight
> variations they can come up with.
>
> I think the questions come in 3 groups
>
> Simple and straightforward (20%). These questions do resemble the
> simple questions in the practice exams.
>
> Complex(60%). Lots of reading involved here. It's simple to rule out 1
> or 2 off the anwsers. But then you have 2 or 3 possibilities left
> which look very similar at first glance.
>
> Off-topic(20%). A small group of questions seemed a little of topic. I
> think these are meant to test your overall insight. You can't really
> prepare for these.
>
> I hope this information was useful
>
> Regards,
> Rene
>
>

Hi this is very useful. May I ask you the total number of questions and
timeframe? What is the passing score, say 70 or 80%?

Thanks,

Wendy

"kneet" wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Yesterday I passed 70-315 with a 800 score... I got a lot of usefull
> information from this newsgroup so I figured it would be nice to do
> something in return
>
> First of all, I'm a Dutch guy so I got the advantage of 30 minutes
> extra not-native-english-speaker-time (which I didn't use btw)
>
> First a bit of background information:
> - This was my first MCAD test
> - I'm a modestly experienced developer, that is, about a year and a
> half of hands on experience with .NET
> - I took about 2 months to prepare. Lets say an average of 1 hour per
> day
> - I used the Kalani book as a preparation guide
> - I took various (free) practice tests on the internet
> - I didn't use braindumps
>
> The first thing i noticed when i was taking the exam, is that none of
> the practice tests I took accurately represents the style and
> complexity of the questions you are presented with on the real exam. I
> think you can't really 100% prepare yourself with all the slight
> variations they can come up with.
>
> I think the questions come in 3 groups
>
> Simple and straightforward (20%). These questions do resemble the
> simple questions in the practice exams.
>
> Complex(60%). Lots of reading involved here. It's simple to rule out 1
> or 2 off the anwsers. But then you have 2 or 3 possibilities left
> which look very similar at first glance.
>
> Off-topic(20%). A small group of questions seemed a little of topic. I
> think these are meant to test your overall insight. You can't really
> prepare for these.
>
> I hope this information was useful
>
> Regards,
> Rene
>
>

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